Augustus hoff and henry hoff



A. & H. HOFP.

LEATHER BOX.

(No Model.)

Patented Feb; 14,1882.

INVENTO WITNESSES:

ATTORNEK X. PETLRS. Puma-Lithographer. \vnslliuglnn. D c.

UNITED STATES Trice.

PATENT LEATHER BOX.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 253,605, dated February 14, 1882.

Application filed December 19, 1881.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that we, AUGUSTUS Horn and HENRY HOFF, of Brooklyn, in the county of (No model.)

represents a perspective view of our improved leather box. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the same, and Fig. 3 is a plan view of the binding Kings and State of New York, have inventbefore being bent. 55 5 ed certain new and useful Improvements in Similar letters of reference indicate corre- LeatherBoxes,of which the following is a specisponding parts.

fication. In making our improved leather box a con- In the manufactureof common leather boxes tinuous binding, A, of any suitable shape, is heretofore in use the covers and bodies of the first cut by hand or dies from apieceof leather, 6o

boxes have been made of a side piece the ends of whichare secured together and then stitched directly to a top or bottom end piece, by which, however, an unsightly box is obtained. Leather end piece to the inner edge of the same, then turning over the outer edge of the binding, and attaching thereto a side portion made of a straight piece of leather secured at the ends.

The invention consists, next, of a leather box the cover and body of which are made, according to our improved method, of a continuous binding secured to the end piece, and having the outer edge turned over and applied and the end piece, B, of the cover or body of the box-stitched to theinner edge of the same. The outer edge of the binding A isthen turned over at right angles to the remaining portion of the binding A, comparatively inexpensive dies or formers are employed for this purpose. As the binding forms a separate piece from the side portions of the box, any desired length or height of the side portions can be attached to the binding, and thus boxes of any desired size, without any limitation in lengthand height, be neatly and successfullymanufactured.

Having thus described our invention, we

- boxes were next manufactured by taking a of the binding by means of dies in the usual I5 straight piece of leathcrandstitohingthc ends well known manner in shaping leather, and together, then turning over one edge of the then stitched'to the side portion, 0, of the same by means of forming-dies and applycover or body of the box, which side portion ing to the turned-in edge the top or bottom is made from a straight piece of leather that end piece, both top and body of the box being is joined at the ends by stitching or otherwise. 20 made in the same manner. This latter con- Within the body of the box is secured, by struction has, however, the disadvantage that gluing or otherwise, the usual extension part, not only expensive dies are required,but that which is longer than the body, and over which the length or height of the box is confined the cover is placed in the usualmanner. This within certain limits, as the size of the covers interior portion may be made of pasteboard 25 and bodies was limited by the size of the dies, covered with thin leather or other material.

so that this style of boxes was only applica- In manufacturingourimproved box the cover ble to boxes of medium size-such as collar and body may be made in the same manner, andcuff boxes-but could not be used'for boxes either entirely of leather, or the binding only of larger size, used for optical, surgical, and may be made of leather, and the end pieces 30 other instruments, and similar purposes. and side portions of velvetor any other suit- The object of our invention is to make an able material that can be stitched onto the improved leather box which can be furnished leather binding, so that thereby a great vain any desirable length or height and in'any riety of elegantly-finished boxes can be made.

shape, and in which, besides leather, any other The body of the box can be made without a 35 desired material maybe employed,sothat they separate bottom end piece, in which case the can be finished in a highly-ornamental manbinding is made in one piece with the bottom, ner; and the invention consists of amethod of a piece of leather large enough for both. of making leather boxes by first cutting acon- As all the shaping which has to be done in Q tinuous binding of leather, then securing the making the box consists in the turning over claim as new and desire to secure'by Letters Patent- A leather box the body and cover of which to a side portion made of a straight piece of 50 leather having the ends secured together.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 are each made of a continuous binding, A,an our invention we have signed our names in end piece, B, stitched to the inner edge of the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

binding, and of a side portion, 0, secured to the turned-over outer edge of the binding and QESE Eg E made of one straight piece of leather having the ends secured together, substantially as and Witnesses:

for the purpose described. PAUL GOEPEL, In testimony that we claim the foregoing as CARL KARP. 

